Current mood:	pleased
Entry tags:	chobits, manga

Chobits (vols 1 & 2) - CLAMP
What took me so long to get into Chobits? It'd been recommended to me several times, is exactly the kind of manga I've been looking for, and yet I've only just got hold of it (thanks to BookMooch again).

For ages I've been looking for a funny, cute, romantic manga in which pretty girls wear not a lot of clothes. Negima was fun at first, but soon got repetitive and it wasn't all that romantic, being as the protagonist was only ten years old. Ai Yori Aoshi was very romantic, but I got irritated by how shy the main characters were around each other and the fact that four volumes in, their relationship hadn't really developed at all. Ah! My Goddess irritated me for the same reason. People aren't so innocent and naive in real life!

So I love that Hideki is a bit of a pervert, haha. I like that he thinks about porn a lot. I like that any romance between him and Chi will actually have genuine reasons for not being straight-forward. Chi is funny and cute. Sumomo is adorable. I like that this series is only eight volumes -- I've only ever finished one manga series before (Paradise Kiss) but I think this will be the second.

The anime seems quite cute too, although I am not watching any further than I've read. Even my boyfriend (who isn't really into anime) thought it was pretty funny, which is good -- I lack the patience to sit and watch anything without company.